{"id":145257,"date":"2026-08-19T19:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/145257\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:20:12","slug":"white-house-ai-testing-plans-remain-murky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/145257\/","title":{"rendered":"White House AI Testing Plans Remain Murky"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than two weeks later, the companies said they are still not clear on what that framework will entail, The Information reported<\/a> Wednesday (Aug. 19).<\/p>\n

The AI oversight framework was put in motion by a June executive order and is designed to establish a voluntary procedure<\/a> for AI labs to submit models to the government before releasing them to partners and the public.<\/p>\n

The meeting saw representatives from companies like Anthropic<\/a>, Google<\/a> and OpenAI<\/a> sit down with officials from the President Donald Trump administration to discuss the plan.<\/p>\n

However, the details remain elusive. During the briefing, officials from the Office of the National Cyber Director<\/a> shared paper copies of the framework, barring the companies from taking anything other than notes, the report said, citing unnamed sources.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s confusion about what the framework would cover. During the meeting, officials said the framework would, for now, apply only to closed models<\/a>, according to the report. However, the weeks since have seen reports from various media outlets that included conflicting details on an exemption for open models.<\/p>\n

Despite the regulatory vacuum, the lack of clarity hasn\u2019t yet delayed model releases, although some companies are opting to slow things down due to safety reasons, the report said. For example, OpenAI<\/a> announced it would slow its own training pace independently after a cybersecurity incident where its AI hacked<\/a> the systems of Hugging Face<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear whether the administration will host a public event on the framework or release additional details on how the program works and how it might change, according to the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe White House continues to work with industry stakeholders on the implementation of the framework,\u201d a White House official said, per the report.<\/p>\n

In other AI news, North American companies ordered 8,940 robots<\/a> worth $622 million in the second quarter, up 4.3% in units and 21.3% in revenue compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n

Among these companies is FedEx<\/a>, which last month announced a system that combines a dual-armed robot called Mech with an AI platform to examine packages and decide where and how to load them.<\/p>\n

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